1056
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 32

ject, Class I. shall include all the children doing the work prescribed
for Standard I. in that subject, and may be called S1: for instance,
S1 English will include all the children doing the work in English
prescribed for Standard I.; S1 arithmetic, those doing the arithmetic
of Standard I.; and so on for the other subjects. Class II. shall include
all the children doing the work prescribed for Standard II., and may be
called S2; and so on to Class VII. The preparatory class shall include
all pupils below Class I., and may be called Class P. Class P may be
divided, the lower part being called P1, and the next P2; if necessary,
these classes may be subdivided, as, for instance, into P1 lower, P1
upper, P2 lower, P2 upper.

3. The classification of a school shall be made by the head-teacher,
   who shall have full discretion to arrange his pupils in different classes
   for different subjects according to their ability and proficiency with
   respect to the several subjects, and to group two or more classes for
   instruction in one subject. This discretion he must exercise to the satis-
   faction of the Inspector, who will regard as an element of weakness any
   undue complexity in the classification of pupils. As a general rule,
   pupils should be classified according to their capacity and attainment in
   English and arithmetic respectively, classification in English being deter-
   mined by proficiency in English, and classification in arithmetic by pro-
   ficiency in arithmetic.

4. Promotion of pupils from class to class may be made at any time
   by the head teacher, provided that, as a general rule, in Standards III.,
   IV., and V. promotion shall not be granted in English unless the pupil
   satisfies the requirements of the standard in reading and composition,
   and at least one of the subjects, spelling and writing; and that also, as a
   general rule, in Standards I.-V., the classification for English and arith-
   metic shall not in the case of any pupil differ by more than one standard.

5. The head teacher shall draw up for each term or quarter schemes
   of work for all the classes in his school, and shall hold thereon not fewer
   than three periodical examinations of the classes, the last of which shall
   be held immediately before the Inspector’s annual visit, and he shall keep
   for the information of the Inspector a record of the nature and results of
   these examinations. This record shall show for each standard class the
   head teacher’s estimate of the proficiency of each pupil in classes S1 to S7
   in the subjects of English and arithmetic, and also a general estimate of
   the quality of the work done in each of the additional and other subjects.
   The record shall also show all changes from class to class made as a
   result of the examination to which it relates. These records, as well as
   the class registers and the copies of the Inspectors’ reports and class-lists,
   shall be kept in the school for not less than ten years, and in the case of
   the closing of a school shall be delivered up to the Education Board to be
   kept for a similar period as the Board shall direct. The written questions
   used at the periodical examinations and the pupils’ answers thereto shall
   be kept in the school for reference till the next annual visit.

6. Before the Inspector’s annual visit, the head teacher shall prepare,
   in duplicate, class-lists on the forms provided by the Department. The
   class in which a pupil has been placed for English during the preceding
   three months shall determine the list on which his name shall appear.
   The class-lists shall contain—(a) the names and ages of all the pupils on
   the school roll; (b) the number of half-days on which each pupil has
   attended the school since the last annual visit of the Inspector; and,
   where necessary, (c) the number of half-days each pupil has attended the
   class in which he is placed for English, (d) the classes in which pupils
   have been placed for other subjects besides English during the preceding
   three months, and (e) the number of half-days each pupil has attended
   such classes.

7. The head teacher shall indicate on the class-lists the subjects in
   which any pupil is not in a class higher than that in which he was
   placed at the previous annual visit of the Inspector. The Inspector may
   require the head teacher to note in the column for remarks the reason for
   more or less rapid promotion in the case of any pupil, or to give an
   explanation in the case of any pupil whose age is much above the average
   age of the pupils in that class for that school or that education district;
   and the Inspector may approve or not of the sufficiency of the reason or
   explanation given.

8. In order to satisfy himself of the general efficiency of the instruc-
   tion given in the school, the Inspector shall at his annual visit devote the
   major portion of his time to an investigation of the character of the
   teaching and of the degree to which the intelligence of the pupils has
   been developed, and to this end he shall examine a due proportion of
   the pupils in each class, including Class P and Class S7, in such subjects
   as he shall choose.